Roll holder



s. N. HOPE 2,205, 198

ROLL HOLDER June 18, 1940.

Fild June 24, 1958 FIG 1 INVENTOR WI TN ES S ES Patented June 18, 1940UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROLL HOLDER Application June 24, 1938,Serial No. 215,592

5 Claims.

This invention relates to holders for sheet material in roll form, suchas paper toweling.

An object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive and efiicientholder for dispensing pa- 6 per or other sheet material from a roll, theholder having simple but effective means for braking the roll when theend portion of the material is to be severed.

Another object of the invention is to provide 10 improved but simplifiedsupporting means for rotatably carrying the roll.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating one specific embodiment of theinvention:

Fig. l is an end elevation of a roll paper holder constructed inaccordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder, parts being broken away andparts being shown in sec- 20 tion, and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the roll as it appearswhen braked by tensioning the paper end.

In the drawing, I designates a sheet metal wall 25 plate or back platewhich is adapted to be secured to a supporting wall II by screws I2passing through key-hole slots I3 formed in the plate. The upper portionof the plate is bent forwardly and has a horizontally extending curlededge or 30 bead It, and the lower portion of the plate is bent to form aforwardly projecting V-shaped shoulder-forming rib or bead I5 extendingparallel to the curled edge I4, the rib being spaced approximatelyvertically below the curled edge and 35 projecting a short distance fromthe plane of the wall plate.

A bail-shaped hanger I6 formed of round wire has a shaft-likeintermediate portion ll pivotally confined in the bearing formed by thecurled edge 40 or bead I4 of the wall plate, and has resilient dependingarms I8 at opposite ends provided with curved or arched inturnedprojections I9 to loosely enter a roll 20 of sheet material, such aspaper toweling, preferably having lines of weakening 28' at intervals.The inturned projections or ends I9 extend longitudinally of the rolland approximately in the plane of the arms I8. In many instances, theroll 20 has a tubular core 2| on which the sheet material is wound. Theroll is eccen- 50 trically and rotatably supported on the archedprojections I9 which engage the upper portion of the inner cylindricalsurface of the core at points spaced from the ends of the core so thatif the core ends should be damaged they will not inter- 55 fere with therotation of the roll. The hanger I6 is suspended in inclined positionfrom the wall plate, the projections I9 being forward of the pivotalaxis of the hanger. The free end 22 of the paper hangs from the front ofthe roll. The roll bears at its rear portion against the narrow 5 frontedge portion of the rib I5 of the wall plate, the rib extending parallelto the roll. The distance between the pivotal axis of the hanger I6 andthe roll-supporting projections I9 is approximately the same as thedistance between this axis and the rib I5. When the hanger is in itsnormal suspended roll-supporting position the braking rib Iii extendsbehind the lower end portion of the hanger.

The roll 2|] is applied to the holder by entering one end onto one ofthe hanger projections I9 and then springing the other projection so asto permit it to enter the other end of the roll.

When paper is to be dispensed from the roll, the free end 22 of thepaper is drawn outwardly by hand in an approximately horizontaldirection from the top of the roll, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. 1. During this withdrawal the roll will turn without excessiveresistance. When the desired length of paper is unwound from the roll,25

the paper end 22 is swung downwardly to extend from the front of theroll in an approximately vertical position, as indicated by full linesin Fig. 1, and downward tension is applied to the paper end, whereuponthe roll will be pressed against the ribor bead I5 and be prevented fromrotating. This pressure will usually cause indentation of the roll, asindicated in Fig. 3. The eccentric mounting of the roll on the hangerprojections I9 aids the rearward urging of the roll against the brakingrib I 5, since the downward tension of the paper end at the front of theroll tends to swing the roll rearwardly on these projections. Sulficienttension on the paper will then cause the pa per to tear off along a lineof weakening 20. As the roll becomes smaller, the roll-supporting hangerI6 swings rearwardly to a steeper angle, but the relation of the rib I5to the roll remains such as to secure the desired braking or lockingaction.

The holder will accommodate rolls of widely different diameters androlls having core openings of widely different diameters. In addition,rolls which vary somewhat in length can be used on the holder.

The claimed subject-matter of the present application includes featureswhich are also disclosed in my copending application for R011 paperholders, Serial No. 215,591, but the claimed subject-matter of thelatter application embraces additional features which are not disclosedin the present application.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A roll paper holder, comprising a wall "plate having a brakeprojection with a narrow roll-indenting edge, and a hanger pivotallymounted on said plate at a higher elevation than said projection, saidroll-indenting projection being approximately vertically below thepivotal axis of said hanger and extending parallel thereto and behindthe lower end portion of said hanger, and said hanger being adapted torotatably support a roll of paper thereon with said roll bearing at itsrear against said projection and with the free end of the paper at thefront of the roll, the paper end when tensioned downwardly causing saidroll to press rearwardly against said projection for braking said roll,whereby to facilitate severance of the paper.

2. A roll paper holder, comprising a sheet metal wall plate having aportion bent therefrom to form a forwardly projecting roll-indenting ribrigid with said plate, and a hanger pivotally mounted on said wall plateat a higher elevation than the rib, said rib extending substantiallyparallel to the pivotal axis of said hanger and extending behind thelower end portion of said hanger, and said hanger being adapted torotatably support a roll of paper thereon with said roll bearing at itsrear against said rib and with the free end of the paper at the front ofthe roll, the paper end when tensioned downwardly causing said roll topress rearwardly against said rib for braking said roll, whereby tofacilitate severance of the paper.

3. A roll paper holder, comprising a support, a hanger pivotally mountedon said support to rotatably carry a roll of paper thereon eccentricallyof the roll and above the axis of the roll, said support having abraking projection presenting a roll-indenting edge against which therear por tion of the roll is adapted to bear, said braking projectionbeing rigid with said support and extending behind the lower end portionof said hanger, and said roll being urged rearwardly against saidprojection by downward tension on the free end of the paper, whereby tofacilitate severance of the paper.

4. A holder for a paper roll with open ends, comprising a hanger withwire arms each having an inwardly and upwardly bent arched free endadapted to enter an end opening of the roll and forming a roundedbearing surface engageable with the inner surface of the roll at adistance from the end of the roll, said arched ends extendingsubstantially in the plane of said arms.

5. In a roll paper holder, the combination of supporting means, and ahanger pivotally mounted on said supporting means for rotatably carryingroll of paper thereon eccentrically of the roll and above the axis ofthe roll, said supporting means having a braking projection with an edgeadapted to be engaged by the rear portion of the roll, the distance ofsaid projection from the pivotal axis of said hanger being substantiallythe same as the radius of said hanger, said roll being urged againstsaid braking projection by tensioning the free end of the paper, wherebyto facilitate severance of the paper.

SAMUEL N. HOPE.

